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(No Model.) L. P. TISSIER. I

STOPPERING BOTTLE S OR-OTHER VESSBLS.

Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

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LnoN PAUL TISSIER, or PARIS, FRANCE.

STOPPERING BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,303, dated November 26, 1895.

Application filed February 27, 1895. $erial No. 539,850. (No model.) Patented in France February 10, 1893, No. 227,815.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LFION PAUL TISSIER, of the'city of Paris, France, have invented Improvements in Stoppering Bottles or other Vessels, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France for fifteen years, dated February 10, 1893, No. 227,815,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to those stoppers for bottles or other containers for liquids which are so constructed that the contents of the bottle, 850., may be poured off without removing the stopper.

In carrying out this invention the stopper may be provided with a channel which may be made to communicate with a cavity, channel, or recess formed in the reverse direction in the neck of the bottle or vial, or the cavity may be in the lower part of the bottle-neck, which may be placed in communication with the lower end of a passage extending through the stopper.

The use of the ordinary glass pouring-stopper is sometimes inconvenient, owing to its being detachable from the bottle. It is neccessary, for example, in the case of drop bottles, to place the finger upon the stopper in pouring to hold the stopper in place, while in the case of feeding-bottles the stopper is apt to drop out suddenly.

According to my invention the above ob jections are obviated, the stopper being provided with one or more balls which are received in cavities provided for them in the stopper and bottle-neck, the arrangement being such that while the stopper may be ro tated for the purpose of opening and closing the bottle, its accidental detachment is prevented.

My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents an external view of the bottle and stopper of this invention. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section of the bottle-neck and stopper, the latter being in position for pouring. Fig. 3 is a similar section, looking at the opposite side of the stopper. Fig. 4 is a similar section, showing the stopper in the closed position. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the bottle-neck and stopper, taken on line 1 2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 6, '7, and 8 are horizontal sections taken on the line 3 4B of Fig. 2 in the plane of the two balls. fied arrangement designed to prevent the re moval of the stopper from the bottle.

The stopper a is provided with a bore b, which extends axially through the upper part of the stopper and is curved, as shown, so as to open out at its lower end against the inside of the bottleneck c. The stopper is fitted in the bottle-neck in such manner as to permit of a limited rotary motion therein in opening and closing the bottle, while at same time maintaining the connection between the bottle and stopper. To this end the stopper is provided with balls d e held in cavities formed in the stopper and received in an annular groove or cavity f, formed in the interior of the bottle-neck, the cavity being contracted at g to serve as a stop for each of the balls cl 6 and limit the rotation of the stopper in both directions. The ball cl comes against the stop g when the stopper is turned to the open position shown in Figs. 2 and 6, in which position of the stopper the lower end of the bore 1) corresponds With a vertical passage h extending upward from the annular cavity f. The passage h also permits of the introduction of the ball (Z. The introduction of the ball 6 is effected by first lodging it in a cavity in the stopper and then placing it opposite the vertical channel 72, whereby it is enabled to pass into the cavity f, but on the opposite side of the stop 9 to that occupied by the ball d.

It will be seen by inspecting Figs. 2 and (3 that on turning the stopper in the direction of the arrow the ball d will strike the stop g and thus maintain the bore 6 in position for pouring without the possibility of the stopper being turned too far, and that on turning the Fig; 9 shows a modistopper in the opposite direction the ball 6 will be carried around in the groove f and also be arrested by the stop g, in which position of the stopper the outlet for the liquid is closed, as represented in Figs. 4: and 8.

\Vhen it is necessary to render the stopper undetachable, I insert a seating of elastic material 'L in the recess of the stopper in which the ball is received, said elastic material being compressed by the ball on introducing the stopper into the bottle-neck, and on the ball arriving opposite the circular groove h expanding and preventing the ball from rising. By this means the stopper is perinanently secured to the bottle.

I claim- 1. The combination of a bottle neck provided with an annular cavity, a stopperprovided with a notch or recess, and one or more balls held in the notch or recess in the stopper and running in the annular cavity in the neck of the bottle when the stopper is rotated in opening or closing the bottle.

2. The herein described means for retaining bottle stoppers in vessels consisting of balls held in recesses in the stopper and in an annular groove in the bottle neck and running in said groove when the stopper is rotated, and a stop in the annular groove to limit the rotation of the stopper in one or other direction,

substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings.

3. The herein described means of retaining stoppers in bottles which consists in a ball, a stopper provided with a recess, an annular recess in the bottle neck in which recesses conj ointly the ball is received, an elastic seating or bed behind the ball which is adapted to "be compressed When the stopper is inserted in the bottle and then to expand to resist the Withdrawal of the stopper, substantially as specified.

The foregoing specification of my improvements in stoppering bottles and other vessels signed by me this 7th day of February, 1895.

LEON PAUL TISSIER. Witnesses:

CLYDE SHROPSHIRE, ALBERT MOREAU. 

